The Special Adviser to the Delta State Governor on Peace Building and Conflict Resolution, Chief Edwin Uzor, has said the Enhanced Peace and Security component of the MORE agenda of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori is undoubtedly on course and succeeding.
Chief Uzor, who stated this while addressing Journalists on the second anniversary of the Oborevwori administration, went further to say that the success of every government depended largely on the reign of peace and adequate security.
The Special Adviser revealed that the past two years of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori in office were devoted to consolidating the achievements recorded by previous administrations in peace building and breaking new grounds, pointing out that 85 per cent of community related issues in the state, including the over two-decade Aladja/Ogbe-Ijoh crisis, had been successfully resolved.
He said the remaining 15 per cent of the cases being handled by the state government were at the verge of resolution and commended Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for his determination and encouragement to ensure that peace reigned in all the communities in the state.
Chief Uzor assured that the Office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Peace Building and Conflict Resolution would not renege the responsibility of implementing the policies and programmes of the Oborevwori administration targeted at achieving peace and security.
He said government would sustain efforts to identify communities with threats to peace and take the necessary steps to nip crisis in the bud to stop them from escalating to full-blown intra or inter – communal unrest.
The Special Adviser identified the major causes of inter-personal, intra and inter-communal conflicts and threat to the internal security of the state to include greed, inordinate quest to forcefully and undemocratically manipulate and seize the instrument of governance, unholy desire by leaders to perpetuate themselves in office, marginalization in the distribution of the commonwealth of the people, high-handedness on the part of leaders, ineptitude and undue favouritism by some traditional institutions and authorities, uncontrolled acts of exuberance by youths, flagrant disrespect for the rule of law, disregard for laid down customs and traditional practices.
Chief Uzor expressed delight that community leaders in the state had remained amenable to identifying and implementing strategies that facilitated peaceful co-existence and enhanced community development.
He advised against poor communication, lack of compromise, inability to meet the needs of the people, preconceived opinion about others not based on reason or actual experience, intolerance, self-interest, ignorance, desire for power, lack of empathy, and making assumptions in community related affairs to avoid conflicts.
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